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Bartolomeo Pagano

Italian motion picture actor of the Silent Era. Before his cinema career, Pagano was a stevedore who worked at the port of Genoa. There, he was discovered and selected to play the role of Maciste, a muscular slave, in the silent movie classic Cabiria in 1914. As the originator of this role, he went on to play the character for the next 14 years in a series of sequels. Pagano became an international star. In the 1920s he was one of the most well paid actors in Italy, receiving up to 600.000 lire a year. The actor retired from films in 1929 to marry and raise a family in his home town of Genoa. He died there, aged 68, and is buried on the family estate in Italy.


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Born:
Sep 27, 1878 In Genova, italy
Movie/TV Credits:
25
First Appeared:
In the movie Cabiria 1914-06-01
Latest Project:
Movie Giuditta e Oloferne 1929-01-01
Known For
Poster of Gli ultimi zar
Poster of Maciste und der Sträfling Nr. 51
Poster of Maciste the Sleepwalker
Poster of Maciste the Ranger
Filmography
Movie Giuditta e Oloferne Holofernes 1929-01-01
Movie Gli ultimi zar 1928-08-01
Movie Il gigante delle Dolomiti Maciste, la guida alpina 1927-01-20
Movie Maciste nella gabbia dei leoni Maciste 1926-02-11
Movie Maciste contro lo sceicco Maciste 1926-02-28
Movie Maciste in Hell Maciste 1925-10-19
Movie Maciste e il nipote d'America Maciste 1924-03-01
Movie Maciste Emperor Maciste 1924-11-01
Movie Maciste e la figlia del re dell'argento Maciste 1923-11-17
Movie Maciste und der Sträfling Nr. 51 Maciste 1923-03-01
Movie Maciste und die chinesische Truhe Maciste 1923-07-01
Movie Man soll es nicht für möglich halten ... Maciste 1922-06-01
Movie Maciste salvato dalle acque Maciste 1921-03-01
Movie La Rivincita di Maciste Maciste 1921-08-18
Movie Maciste on His Vacation Maciste 1921-05-01
Movie La trilogia di Maciste Maciste 1920-05-01
Movie Maciste innamorato Maciste 1919-05-01
Movie Maciste the Sleepwalker Maciste 1918-01-01
Movie Maciste poliziotto Maciste 1918-04-01
Movie Maciste medium Maciste 1918-04-01
Movie Maciste atleta Maciste 1918-05-02
Movie Maciste the Ranger Maciste 1916-01-01
Movie The Warrior 1916-12-06
Movie Maciste Maciste (as Ernest Pagano) 1915-05-02
Movie Cabiria Maciste 1914-06-01